![]() ![]() ![]() Assigned to the case is Inspector Vera Stanhope, who often visited the cottage years ago with her father, a friend of the rather famous lady who owned it. The owners of nearby Slateburn Quarries, Godfrey and Barbara Waugh, are less enthusiastic, but the survey continues until Grace is found strangled near Baikie’s. The owners of the land the quarry is on, Robert and Livvy Fulwell, are eager to see the project approved. Despite this gruesome discovery, the survey mostly goes as planned, although Grace, an uncommunicative young woman, observes an amazing number of otters in the stream running through the area. Arriving at Baikie’s Cottage, which is to be the group’s home base, Rachael finds her friend Bella, who lives nearby, hanged in the shed along with a suicide note. Three very different women-team leader Rachael Lambert, botanist Anne Preece, and zoologist Grace Fulwell-are hired to check the area of a planned quarry for environmental problems. A British environmental survey suddenly turns dangerous when several deaths occur. ![]()
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![]() Fantasy, history and folklore come together in this beautiful collection Special Edition This special edition of Tales of the Alhambra comes with a concise guidebook to Granada and the Al Hambra Palace. The folk tales, told in Irving's inimitable, witty style, usually deal with romantic elopements, or buried treasure, or both. ![]() Irving lived in thel old Moorish palace at a time when it was a neglected ruin, and his wonderful descriptions, interspersed with the folk-tales that he collected from the people of Granada, helped to spark interest in repairing and restoring the monument. Irving is best remembered in this country for his collections of American folklore, like the stories of Rip Van Winkle and the Headless Horseman, but in Spain they remember him for the Alhambra stories. Tales of the Alhambra is must-reading for the traveler in Spain and the best souvenir of your visit. ![]() The work of the Reconquista, as it is called, came to an end with the fall of Granada and the Alhambra Palace. ![]() ![]() Islamic rule, though fragmented, extended over the bulk of Iberia for centuries, even as Christian warlords, pushing south, chipped away at Muslim territory. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Works of Washington Irving Volume Two: The Alhambra-Tales of A Traveler at the best online. ![]() ![]() ![]() The three of them must fight to save Wilderwood from an invasion from another realm and protect the town from the Faelands Queen. Trapped in another realm, they tirelessly sought a way back to their world. Ranger Bellemy Eislen disappeared two years ago when what was to be a quick trip to the Faelands on behalf of the Rangers went entirely wrong. When Luther's trail leads him to the odd little town of Wilderwood, he quickly realizes there's more to the town - and his hunt - than expected. Ranger Roderick Arman hunts Corbin Luther, the feral vampire who killed his partner two years ago. Octavia Wilder cares for those who live in the town her ancestor built and when a feral vampire threatens the peace, she partners with the Ranger who has brought word of the threat. ![]() It is also home to other kind and having weres, mages, and even an ancient griffin living amongst mortals just isn't done. ![]() Wilderwood is a haven for those who have been cast out of "proper" society: academics, artists, the eccentrics and undesirous. ![]() ![]() ![]() The single-minded phascolomian heroine of author Jackie French and illustrator Bruce Whatley's hilarious Diary of a Wombat and Diary of a BABY Wombat returns in this charming holiday picture-book, discovering that she "never knew there were so many carrots in the world." Going about her daily routine of sleeping, scratching, sleeping, and then eating, Wombat is surprised to find a cache of carrots one day, and to see some strange creatures eating them. ![]() ![]() Suddenly, for the first time ever, Juliette gets a cellmate who goes by the name of Adam Kent. She repeatedly dreams of a bird and writes in a small notebook. It is evident that Juliette is partly insane, both from prolonged isolation and at horror at herself. ![]() Juliette is in an asylum because three years prior, she killed a small boy in a store with her unusual touch. Juliette Ferrars is a 17-year-old girl whose touch paralyzes and kills, taking living organisms' energy. Of her inspirations for the work, Mafi has stated that she drew inspiration from "an interest in human nature and ability to overcome great obstacles". The seventh and final book, Believe Me, was published on November 11, 2021. The sixth book, Imagine Me, was published on March 31, 2020. ![]() The fifth book, Defy Me, was published on April 2, 2019. The fourth book, Restore Me, was published on March 6, 2018. The third book, Ignite Me, was published on February 4, 2014. The second book in the series, Unravel Me, was published on February 5, 2013. Shatter Me is the first of a series of six books. The book is narrated by Juliette, a 17-year-old girl with a lethal touch and is unusual in that it contains passages and lines that have been crossed out like a diary entry. ![]() Shatter Me is a young adult dystopian thriller written by Tahereh Mafi, published on November 15, 2011. ![]() ![]() ![]() From her upbringing in a strict religious community, she has fought those who wanted to take away her joy, her independence, and her spirit. "You're a small thing," Grandma writes, "and you must learn to fight." Swiv's Grandma, Elvira, has been fighting all her life. Richard Russo NPR Best Books of the Year * Shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize * Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Finalist * Indie Next Pick * Amazon Editors' Pick * Apple Book of the Month From the bestselling author of Women Talking and All My Puny Sorrows, a compassionate, darkly humorous, and deeply wise novel about three generations of women. New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice A revelation. USA Today, Best Books of the Year Toews is a master of dialogue. Move over, Scout Finch! There's a new contender for feistiest girl in fiction, and her name is Swiv. "You're a small thing," Grandma writes to Gord, "and you must learn to fight." ![]() ![]() In turn, Swiv gives Grandma an assignment: to write a letter to "Gord," her unborn grandchild (and Swiv's soon-to-be brother or sister). When Swiv is expelled from school, Grandma takes on the role of teacher and gives her the task of writing to Swiv's absent father about life in the household during the last trimester of the pregnancy. About the Book Fight Night is told in the unforgettable voice of Swiv, a nine-year-old living in Toronto with her pregnant mother, who is raising Swiv while caring for her own elderly, frail, yet extraordinarily lively mother. ![]() ![]() So I just started knocking it around in my head. There was security there that kept them out, but when the thing was over, I and everyone else walked out through this phalanx of shouting students, and that’s when I began to wonder – college is getting so crazy, why hasn’t anybody sort of given this the Tom Wolfe treatment? The satirical wit treatment? Because it’s pretty ripe for it. ![]() And 200 protesters, students, showed up and tried to physically shut the conference down, having skipped irony class that day probably to show up and protest. I had never been a novelist, but about three years ago I went to a free-speech conference at Yale – mind you, it wasn’t sponsored by Yale, they wouldn’t sponsor such a thing – but it was held there, sponsored by the William F. The College Fix recently interviewed Johnston by phone. In his humorous new novel Campusland, author Scott Johnston weaves a tale that wickedly skewers progressive university politics, administrators and social justice warriors.Ī former Yale student and adjunct professor, Johnston’s fictional-but-not-really book adeptly satirizes diversity bureaucracies, Title IX trials, and all forms of political correctness. ![]() The College Fix on Facebook The College Fix on Twitter The College Fix on Reddit The College Fix on Parler Share on Email ![]() ![]() ![]() Though she might have to die to make it happen. ![]() She soon finds that her secret ability could be the key to saving an entire nation. ![]() A battle, a betrayal, and a horrific revelation force Raine to enter the citadel and live among the Draoihn. All her life she has hidden, lied, and run to save her skin, and she’s made some spectacularly bad choices along the way.īut it is a rare act of kindness-rescuing an injured woman in the snow-that becomes the most dangerous decision Raine has ever made.īecause the woman is fleeing from Redwinter, the fortress-monastery of the Draoihn, warrior magicians who answer to no king, and who will stop at nothing to reclaim what she’s stolen. Raine can see-and speak-to the dead, a gift that comes with a death sentence. From the author of the critically-acclaimed Blackwing trilogy comes Ed McDonald's Daughter of Redwinter, the first of a brilliant fantasy series about how one choice can change a universe. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Flying changes the way we look at the earth and gives us a sense of migration-the lives of the birds and the fish.”įrom the plane, we are privy to the unique aerial landscape that appears in the strong lines of Hopkins’s watercolors and the languid curves of his glasswork. “We connect to the planet through flying,” says 65-year-old Hopkins, who began learning to fly in 1983 and received his recreational license in 2004. As we near North Haven, and her sister island, Vinalhaven, artist Eric Hopkins points out the Morrow residence, former home of author Anne Morrow Lindbergh and her husband, aviator Charles Lindbergh. Far ahead, we see Stonington and Deer Isle, and to the right, Isle au Haut. Vincent Millay lie like stepping stones beneath us. The Penobscot Bay islands made famous by Rockland-born poet Edna St. Crossing Owls Head in the six-passenger Cessna operated by Penobscot Island Air pilot Jeremy Harmon, we see the Camden Hills crawling along the coastline to our left. ![]() The flight from Knox County Regional Airport to North Haven takes only eight minutes, but it follows a path that offers centuries of perspective, both geographic and historic. ![]() ![]() ![]() Lowlights: For me it fell on the details and I need a bit more information. Highlights: The overall writing style of the author. Opening Line: “WHILE THUMBING THROUGH A MESSAGE ON HIS cell phone, David Cameron bit into his freshly toasted bagel.” You can also read this review at Goodreads and Amazon. The blurb describes very well the story and it’s not reliving too many details which is nice. ![]() By the end of this short story, I wanted to know already what was going on. We are thrown in as chaotic changes occur around the world of the main character David Cameron. It has lots of details of the surrounding, but it lacks the detail of emotions and characters, but again it’s very short. Writing:īreakfast is Severed is a well written short story. The love interest is short here and kills that were very crude, but still wasn’t sure by whom they were made. The main character David Cameron, seems like a strong character, but again it was too short and a lot of details about him were missing, for me. It was a very fast paced read as you are thrown to story in mid action. It was a bit confusing for me with all the action, but the reason for it was not sure to me. The premise of the story looks very interesting and I think I would like to read the full book and see where and how things will change. It’s a very short story, more like a teaser for the full length book to come. ![]() |